Super-sized Newsletter for March 2, 2015
"Codename: Freezing Feathers"
1. Newsletter EditorialHello and welcome to another edition of the DonationCoder newsletter. It's been a whopping 127 days since the last newsletter, and in that time.. New threads started: 861; new posts: 8,995 (number of those deleted as spam: 242); new members who joined: 10,133; new donors: 609.
The first thing to talk about is the 2015 NANY (New Apps for the New Year) event, which wrapped up at the beginning of the year. It's where we ask the coders who hang out on DonationCoder to create some new piece of free software and share it with the world. We had a lot of fun as always, and there were some notable new tools created. I tried my hand coding an Android app and I'm interested in making some more -- if you have a good idea for an Android app, let me know. Follow the link below to browse the NANY 2015 entries from this year.
The next thing to mention is a call for help from Martin Brinkmann, who runs the Ghacks software blog. He's asking for donations to help run Ghacks. Ghacks has always been a friend to DonationCoder, writing about our new software releases and events. So I'm hoping you will join us in helping out a friend of small independent coders. See the link below to read more.
Last on the agenda is a teaser for our big upcoming 10th anniversary fundraiser. March 23, 2015 will mark the tenth year of DonationCoder (hard to believe it's been that long isn't it?). After ten years, it's time for some real changes on the site, and we are going to need your help figuring out which direction to go in. There's a link below to a thread for discussing the upcoming anniversary, but I'll be sending out a special mailing when the fundraiser starts, asking not just for your financial help but also your input on the future direction of the site. I hope you'll join us while we chart our path forward.
2. Skwire Empire Software Updates and New ReleasesDC member skwire is one of the more prolific coders of utilities on our site -- he roams the coding snack request section and pounces like a jaguar when he finds something that catches his eye. He's released a ton of updates to his software since the last newsletter, including some updates and a few brand new releases:
3. Mouser's Software UpdatesI've uploaded some updates to many of my large applications since the last newsletter. As always, you can find the list of what's new both in the online help pages (linked from each program homepage) or in the forum thread about the application (also linked from each program homepage).
4. User-to-User: Your Input RequestedWe love nothing more than having interesting discussions on our forum -- and we love when new people participate in the discussions. In each newsletter we try to highlight a few topics that we think might interest casual readers and that are good candidates for making your first post.
5. Coding Snacks, Mini-reviews, and other Member ProjectsWe love to keep up with projects that our members are working on, and hearing what our forum members think of software they use. If you're working on something interesting -- let us know!
6. Website Discoveries, Debates, Essays, and DiscussionsWhat's new in cyberspace? What exciting new sites have been discovered by forum members? What's the current hot topic and debate? Read on to find out..
7. Software DiscussionsSome noteworthy software discussions on the forum since the last newsletter.
8. Entertainment, Games, Humour, and LossHere's a collection of some diversionary web browsing links posted on the forum recently.
9. Developer's CornerThis section highlights some discussions that might be relevant for not just coders and developers, but also people interested in entrepreneurial issues.
10. Hardware and Non-Windows HangoutWhile the lion's share of technical discussions on our forum involve Microsoft Windows software, hardware and linux threads are becoming increasingly common.
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